Silicon Carbide Ceramics
Structure, Properties and Manufacturing
- 1st Edition - January 22, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Andrew J. Ruys
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 8 6 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 6 3 0 - 7
It has been three decades since the last significant book was published on SiC ceramics (other than those books that specifically focus on SiC semiconductors). Thirty years has be… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIt has been three decades since the last significant book was published on SiC ceramics (other than those books that specifically focus on SiC semiconductors). Thirty years has been a long time in the world of SiC ceramics. In the early 1990s, SiC was still a relatively obscure ceramic even within the materials community, prominent only as an industrial abrasive (carborundum), and a refractory (Chapter 7). This has all changed dramatically in the 21st century. For example,
- As a semiconductor, SiC greatly surpasses silicon in performance, especially in high-power systems. Its market penetration since its launch in 2001 has been exponential. Single-crystal SiC semiconductors are covered in Chapter 3
- Millions of military and paramilitary personnel have globally been protected with lightweight SiC body armour, since the late 1990s. Body armour is covered in Chapters 4 and 5
- SiC–SiC is a composite material close to commercialization that makes possible high-temperature load-bearing applications hitherto only able to be hypothesized: from ultra-high-temperature jet turbine blades to advanced nuclear fuel encapsulation, the possibilities are very promising. Aerospace applications are covered in Chapter 9
- Other key areas that are addressed are blast-resistant SiC vehicle/vessel armour in Chapter 8 and wear-resistant SiC ceramics in Chapter 6
- Silicon Carbide Ceramics will be an essential reference resource for academic and industrial researchers and materials scientists and engineers working in ceramic materials for the semiconductor, defence, aerospace, wear resistance and refractory fields
- Presents an extensive review of the history, production and properties of SiC ceramics, including their characterization and applications
- Discusses classical and state-of-the-art sintering technologies for SiC ceramics
- Focuses on the future of ceramic manufacturing and advanced ceramic additive technologies
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers working in high strength ceramics, specifically Silicon Carbide Ceramics
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Forethought
- 1. Introduction and Applications of SiC Ceramics
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction to SiC ceramics
- 1.2 Brief history of SiC
- 1.3 Edward Goodrich Acheson and industrial SiC
- 1.4 Applications of SiC ceramics
- 1.5 SiC armour ceramics
- 1.6 SiC wear-resistant ceramics
- 1.7 SiC refractories
- 1.8 Precision ceramics and other niche applications for SiC
- 1.9 SiC ceramics: the future
- References
- 2. Structure and Properties of SiC Ceramics
- Abstract
- 2.1 Structure and crystallography
- 2.2 Properties of SiC
- 2.3 Sintering mechanisms of SiC ceramics
- 2.4 Liquid-phase sintering of SiC
- 2.5 Summary of SiC sintering aid systems developed to date
- 2.6 Boron–carbon sintering aids: modes of action
- 2.7 Aluminium–carbon and aluminium–boron–carbon
- 2.8 Beryllium–boron–carbon
- 2.9 Liquid-phase sintered SiC: sintering aids
- 2.10 Conclusions
- References
- 3. SiC Single Crystal Semiconductors
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Brief history of the semiconductor industry
- 3.3 Silicon wafer synthesis: the Czochralski method
- 3.4 SiC thin film coatings
- 3.5 SiC single crystal wafers – technical challenges: melting SiC and polytypism
- 3.6 1955: the Lely process
- 3.7 The SiC semiconductor Hiatus: 1960s–90s
- 3.8 Evolution of the Lely process
- 3.9 SiC single crystal boules at the dawn of the 21st century
- 3.10 Micropipes
- 3.11 21st century: SiC semiconductor applications
- 3.12 SiC semiconductors: conclusions
- References
- 4. Hot-Pressed SiC (HPSC)
- Abstract
- 4.1 Hot-pressed SiC in context
- 4.2 Dense pure SiC: the commercial imperative
- 4.3 Hot-pressed SiC in comparison to other SiC types
- 4.4 The importance and inconvenience of SiC ultrafine particle size
- 4.5 Background to hot-pressed SiC
- 4.6 The invention of hot-pressed SiC: Alliegro 1956
- 4.7 Significant hot-pressed SiC patents and papers after Alliegro
- 4.8 Significant hot-pressed SiC research papers: late 20th century to the present day
- 4.9 HPSC without sintering aids: Sajgalic 2015
- 4.10 Hot isostatic pressing of SiC
- 4.11 SPS/plasma pressure compaction
- 4.12 Hot-pressed SiC production considerations
- 4.13 Hot-pressed SiC concluding comments
- References
- 5. Direct Sintered (Pressureless Sintered) SiC: DSSC
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction to pressureless sintered SiC
- 5.2 Direct-sintered SiC – the commercial imperative
- 5.3 Direct-sintered SiC in comparison to other SiC types
- 5.4 Essential criteria for synthesising direct-sintered SiC
- 5.5 Solid-state sintered DSSC: development and evolution
- 5.6 SSiC-DSSC by the 1980s
- 5.7 Significant SSiC-DSSC patents from the 1980s onward
- 5.8 Significant SSiC-DSSC publications from the 1980s onward
- 5.9 Liquid-phase sintered dense SiC
- 5.10 Evolution of LPS-DSSC
- 5.11 LPS-DSSC in the 21st century
- 5.12 The nanoinfiltration and transient eutectic phase process for LPS-DSSC
- 5.13 DSSC production considerations
- 5.14 Conclusions
- References
- 6. Reaction Sintered SiC (RSSC)
- Abstract
- 6.1 Definition of reaction-sintered SiC
- 6.2 Fundamental principles of reaction-sintered SiC manufacture
- 6.3 Evolution of reaction-sintered SiC
- 6.4 Manufacture of reaction-sintered SiC: mixture feedstock
- 6.5 Manufacture of reaction-sintered SiC: forming methods
- 6.6 Manufacture of reaction-sintered SiC: reaction sintering
- 6.7 Reaction bonded boron carbide
- 6.8 Industrial reaction-sintered SiC competitiveness
- 6.9 Siliconised graphite
- 6.10 Conclusions
- References
- 7. Silicon Nitride-Bonded SiC (SNBSC)
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction to silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide
- 7.2 Overview of SNBSC in comparison with RSSC and DSSC
- 7.3 Origin of silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide
- 7.4 Silicon nitride: a brief overview
- 7.5 SIALON
- 7.6 Fundamentals of the SNBSC process
- 7.7 Evolution of the SNBSC manufacturing process
- 7.8 SIALON-bonded SiC
- 7.9 A brief overview of the contemporary SNBSC manufacturing process
- 7.10 SNBSC: refractory applications
- 7.11 SNBSC as an industrial wear-resistant ceramic
- 7.12 Conclusions
- References
- 8. Glass-Bonded SiC (GBSC)
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction to glass-bonded SiC
- 8.2 Brief background to relevant ceramic armour principles
- 8.3 The history and evolution of glass-bonded SiC
- 8.4 The materials science of glass-bonded SiC ceramic metal composite metal-reinforced-ceramic
- 8.5 Ballistic testing of glass-bonded SiC ceramic metal composite
- 8.6 General discussion of glass-bonded SiC ceramic metal composite ballistic testing
- 8.7 Glass-bonded SiC ceramic metal composite as a high-impact wear-resistant ceramic
- 8.8 Conclusion
- 8.9 Statement regarding Australian Government Department of Defence Export Controls
- References
- 9. SiC-Fibre Reinforced SiC Composites (SiC–SiC)
- Abstract
- 9.1 Polymer-derived SiC ceramics
- 9.2 SiC–SiC ceramic matrix composites
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 22, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 586
- No. of pages (eBook): 586
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323898690
- eBook ISBN: 9780323886307
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Andrew J. Ruys
Professor Ruys was a founding Director of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia, between 2003 and 2018. He graduated with a BE in Ceramic Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in Ceramic Engineering in 1992 from the University of NSW, Australia. He has worked in bioceramics and advanced ceramics research for over 30 years, and has been an active participant as researcher, educator and industrial consultant for this entire time. He is not only an experienced researcher in bioceramics (ceramics for biomedical applications) but has also been an industrial consultant in the world-changing applications of armor ceramics, advanced ceramics in wear-resistance linings in mineral processing, and numerous other important industrial applications of ceramics. He has published more than 100 journal articles, over 70 conference papers, seven books and has listed 5 patents. He serves on three editorial boards and is a reviewer for 24 scientific journals. He has been teaching bioceramics, biomaterials, and medical device technology for three decades, and has also taught on dental materials, industrial ceramics, chemistry, physics, and general engineering.
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